Humanistic nursing care and quality of life in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a prospective observational study
The score of global health after treatment in NPC patients was lower than the score of global health before treatment (57.42 ± 21.23 vs. 68.61 ± 21.60, p < 0.001).
This prospective observational study investigated the relationship between nursing humanistic care and quality of life in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Using the Nursing Humanistic Care Experience Scale-Noninfectious Chronic Disease Patients version (NHCES‑NCDP) and the European Organisation for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life questionnaires (EORTC QLQ‑C30 and QLQ‑HN35), 382 NPC patients were evaluated before and after chemoradiotherapy. Scores of humanistic care increased post‑treatment, whereas global health and functional domain scores on the QLQ‑C30 decreased, and symptom scores increased, indicating that higher levels of nursing humanistic care are associated with better quality‑of‑life outcomes in NPC patients.
Quality of life is a critical endpoint in cancer care, and this study demonstrates that enhancing nursing humanistic care can mitigate the decline in global health associated with chemoradiotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients.
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